Physician assistant wages and employment, 2000-2025

Journal of the American Academy of Physician Assistants

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 56-63

  Quella, Alicia ^a   Brock, Douglas M ^a   Hooker, Roderick S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Economics; Health services research; Health workforce; Nurse practitioners; Physician assistants; Wages

Indexed keywords

EMPLOYMENT; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT; SALARY AND FRINGE BENEFIT; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRENDS; UNITED STATES;

EMPLOYMENT; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS; SALARIES AND FRINGE BENEFITS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84942567724     PISSN: 15471896     EISSN: 08937400     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.JAA.0000465222.98395.0c     Document Type: Article

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